Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE),is a hair transplant method in which we extracts the follicular units of hair, from the donor area of your head, one by one. We uses a small microneedle,which punches a tiny incision around a hair follicle before extraction. Each unit contains one to four hairs. These one to four hair groupings (called follicular unit grafts) are then transplanted into the balding areas of your head. In this method thus,there's no need for us to make a long incision in the donor area, as in the FUT procedure. This is an ideal method of surgery for patients who like to wear their hair short. This method is also suggested for patients who have a tight scalp or have previously undergone the ‘strip’ or FUT method but with very little or no success. It involves following procedure-
First we anesthetizes the scalp,then use small microneedle to make a circular incision minimum 1mm in daimeter to isolate a graft. Then using a tweezer-like instrument by using this instrument we extract follicular unit from your donor area. Before harvesting the grafts tiny holes are made on scalp and then follicular units are placed on tiny holes.
FUE has become increasingly popular because less invasive surgery, short sessions,ideal for mustache or eyebrow replacement.